Out of All The Worlds...

by gordobraveheart

Cleanup On Aisle Z

After all of us rested for about an hour, I decided that it was time to leave my aunt’s house, and start traveling somewhere else. I got up from the couch I was sitting on and made my way towards the door, sticking my head out. I looked both ways for any zombies, and I found two on the end of the road. Luckily they weren't walking over here, they were too busy stumbling around to notice us. I looked back at everypony and asked them if they were all ready to go. After all of us agreeing, I told them to stay behind me and Nino as we make our way to the car.

I opened the door for all of them and told them to put on their seat belts, just in case we need to rush out of here just like we did at my house. I forgot that they didn’t have fingers, as I was too busy getting Nino in the car, but somehow Pinkie Pie was able to buckle everypony up, aside from Rainbow Dash. When I finished getting Nino in the car, She pulled on my pants-leg, getting my attention.

“Hey, Giovanni, is it okay if I fly for a bit? Staying in that car thing gets me a bit closterfobic. I’ll stay above the car, I promise!”

I thought carefully about what she said. Knowing from the show, she doesn’t like not using her wings when ever she can. But Now knowing that if Applejack has gotten weaker in her strength, then that would also make her speed decrease, too. “I don’t know. You saw how Applejack couldn’t kick the tree drown, and I thought she was a really strong mare-

“Thank ya!”

“-And since you’re a flying pony-”

“Pegasus.”

“Whatever, that would mean you’re wings would get tired too, right?”

She thought about what I said, but she shook the thoughts away, as if she was saying “Bitch, I’m Rainbow Dash”. “Well, maybe, I don’t know. Look, I’ll just fly above the car, promise I won’t make a Sonic Rainboom!”

I played along and asked her what a Sonic Rainboom was, and my confused face alone was enough to get her all giddy. “It’s when I go really fast into the sky, and when I drop down I make like a really loud noise! But it only happened after I come down. The boom happens, but the sound travels after.”

“Basicly she breaks the sound-barrier!” I hear Twilight say.

“Okay, one, don’t do that. That much of a noise is enough to get Detroit riled up in seconds. Second...fine, you can fly. But make sure you are above or next the the car while flying. I slow down if I notice you ever start to get any slower.”

“Slow? Since when is Rainbow Dash-” She flies into the air and does three quick barrel rolls, a loopty-loop and lands right back on her hooves. “-Ever so slow?”

“Well, this one time, at Math Camp-” I hear Applejack-Wait, Math Camp?

“Shhhh! Anyway, it’s time we should get going, right?” Rainbow Dash looks at me with a nervous chuckle.

I walked back into the car and started up the engine. I stuck my hand out of the car window and signaled for Rainbow Dash to start hovering. I started to drive and I checked the side mirror, and saw how she was already beginning to fly. She wasn’t going too fast, but just about the same speed as the car.

“She’ll be fine.” I hear Rarity say. “She is the fastest pony I know.”

I checked how much fuel we had left, and we were good for at least half of a day for driving. But just in case, I decided to drive towards another gas station to get more gas. It was near a Wal-Mart. The good news is, there could be some useful things in there we could take. The bad news? It’s most likely filled with zombies.

“Okay, we’re gonna stop by a gas station and a Wal-Mart.” I said.” Before you ask, a Wal-Mart is where people go to buy food, clothes, toys, etc. Now, this place is big, and most likely, there will be zombies in there. I think I’m going in alone on this one.”

“What?!” I hear them all say.

“Yup, you all heard me. If I can, I am going to park close enough to the store, but far enough from any zombies. You all stay in the car-”

“I think that idea, pardon my French, is stupid!” Rarity says. “For one, didn’t you say we all have to go together wherever you went? And two, why would you want to go inside of a store filled with those monsters?”

I tried to talk, but my voice was drowned out by the rest of them talking. Aside from Fluttershy, who was too busy looking out the window. I really didn’t want to take them with me, and shit, I really didn’t wanted to go either, but there might be some stuff in there that we can use. I couldn’t leave them at my aunt’s house either, because zombies could turn up any time.

I caved in, sighing. “Fine, you all can come. But remember-”

“Yea yea, stay by ya at all times, we got it, partner.”

After we stopped for gas, I drove up slowly to the entrance of Wal-Mart. Not the doors, but where you have to go to the parking lot. I stopped at said entrance, and cursed silently. There were a little bit cars there, but that didn’t mean that there weren’t a whole bunch of zombies. I counted as much as I could from the car, and there were at least about thirty walking around. I drove the car up as close as I could to the Wal-Mart, trying to not cause any attention. I turned off the car and let all of the ponies and dog, out. Rainbow Dash was already outside before any of us.

“Alright. Stay absolutely quiet. Don’t make any noise at all, including you, Nino. Even when we get inside of the store we ain’t safe. At all. If you have anything to say, whisper is as quietly as you can.” I looked over at Fluttershy. “You. You’re usually the quiet one. Stay closer to one of them, okay?” She nodded, looking down at her hooves. “Alright, let’s go.”

We started to walk towards the entrance. It wasn’t too far, but it sure felt far enough with all of these zombies surrounding the place. I looked around, keeping my self as quiet as I could. All of the zombies kept walking in different directions until we reached the front doors. There were three standing around it, moaning and looking around. Their eyes were already rotted out, so they couldn’t see us, but they sure as damn well could hear us.

I turned around to the ponies and placed a finger over my lips, letting them know to be especially quiet. I walked past them as quiet as can be, and when I finally passed by them they were all still standing still. They all had to go one by one, just make sure they wouldn’t get ripped to pieces. The first one up was Twilight.

She started to walk slowly beside the zombie, keeping her eyes focused on me. I mouthed the words, “stay calm”, and she did just that. She let loose a quiet sigh, wiping her forehead with her hoof. It’s a good thing that crown on her was sturdy. God knows what would happen if that fell of of her.

Next up was Rainbow Dash. She nodded to herself, stayed quiet and started to move. She was a little faster than Twilight, but all that mattered is that she passed by with ease. She looked over at Rarity, who was too busy trying to calm herself down. It looked like she was about to have a heart attack, but Pinkie Pie patted her back. Instead of Rarity going, Pinkie Pie was up next.

She was especially quiet and kept her focused on her friends. She passed by with ease as well, smiling at Rarity.

Rarity deciding to swallow her pride and walk by the zombies. She kept her eyes on her friends too, not even looking away for a second. As soon as she got over here, I can tell she just wanted to scream, but she didn’t do that. She knew better, thankfully.

Next up was Applejack. She nodded and walked quietly by the zombies. She was so close to us, but all of a sudden, her hat touched the zombie and fell of. All of us thought we were gonners, but the zombie just stayed there. Applejack quickly grabbed her hat from the cement ground and quickly but quietly walked over to us.

Next up was Nino. There was really no trouble for him.

Last, was Fluttershy. I knew she was the most scared out of all of us, but she knew she had to pass by. The thing is, she was just too scared to move, and we didn't have all the time in the world to stand around and wait for her to cross. Kinda like that dragon thing again.

I slowly walked over to her and picked her up. I covered her mouth with my hand so she wouldn’t make any sounds and walked passed the zombies, making sure I made no noise too. I set her own and made sure everypony was here. After finishing the head count, we all started to walk inside the store. There was broken glass from people trying to break in, and I thought that was going to injure them all, but they walked over it anyway. I guess it’s good to have hooves.

As we entered the store, Zombies were roaming around freely, some limping, some just standing and others just crawling. The whole store smelled bad, but I covered my nose. I felt bad for Nino and the ponies, but for now they have to go through with it. I didn’t make a list with what we needed, but for now, what we could go for is batteries, flashlights, maybe some tents, and some clothes...for me.

“Okay,” I whispered. “Everypony follow me. We're going to get me some clothes first, then anything else we could use.” They all nodded and I started walking to the clothes Aisle. As we reached it, I cursed mentally. Nearly all of the clothes were gone. Barely anything was left, except for two packets of boxers I found, a couple of shirts, two pairs of jeans, some socks and two hoodies. I gathered them all and placed it all in a cart I found by a dead corpse. I moved it slowly from the zombies near it, who were all walking away to even notice.

I thought and thought, and decided that we should go and try to find some outdoor things. I started to roll the cart slowly passed a couple of zombies, while I still kept my eyes on all the ponies. Slow and steady wins the race, as they say.

When we reached the place, I found nothing there but bugspray, some flashlight, batteries and, get this, a chainsaw. I thought to myself, “what the hell is a chainsaw doing here”. But I left it alone. We don’t need any more noise coming from that.

Next up was blankets. I rolled the cart a little faster, because the way towards the Bedroom aisle was all empty. I only found one large packet there, which came with two large blankets in it, thankfully.

“Alright, I think that’s all we need.” I say, a little above a whisper. “Let’s get the hell out of here.”

We started to roll the cart back to the entrance, where those zombies still stood there. There wasn’t enough room for the cart to fit through the broken doors, so I had to push the doors, attracting those zombies. Quickly, I shoved the machete into one of the zombies heads, and kicked it of. The next one I just slit it’s throat, and the rotten skin did the rest. It’s head rolled off of it’s shoulders, and I pushed the body away from the cart. The last one I just grabbed a flashlight and hit as hard as I could with the bottom. It fell on the ground, grunting. That was enough to cause nearby zombies to turn around.

Fuck!” I said. I looked around frantically and found a few bottles laying on the ground. I picked them up and threw them near the zombies. When they heard that noise, it was enough for them to start walking away from us and towards the broken bottles. “Alright, go, go, go!” I say to the ponies. They all started to run towards the car, and I was pushing the cart as fast as I could.

We reached the car, and I opened the back and shoved everything in there. I turned around behind me and sighed, thankful that there weren't any of the zombies following. I looked at all of the ponies. “Okay everypony get in the...Where is Fluttershy?”

I looked around the car and everywhere my eyes could see, and I couldn’t find her at all. Fuck, where the fuck is she?!

“Wasn’t she with you all?” I asked, panicking. This can’t be happening.

“I think she’s still in the store-”

“Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck!” I say, running my hands over my head. “...Get in the car. I’m going to go get her.”

“What? No! Where all-” I hear Twilight say, but I’m not having that.

“No, all of you stay here, or so help me god-Just stay here.”

I ran towards the store, not giving a fuck if any zombies were going to hear me. How the hell did she even get separated? I told her that she had to stay the closest!

Inside of the large store, the small, yellow pegasus walked about quietly between rows. She was very scared yes, but she was also brave enough to try to find her way out of the maze-like aisles. She didn’t know she was alone until she realized that she was in another aisle, filled with toys. They were all scattered around the ground, action figures, dolls, toy guns, board games…

And a toy pony...